Implementing Bike to Work Day cannot be done without the help and support of our volunteers, and this year the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition is offering more opportunities than ever before.
Right now we’re in need of help with our Pre-Bike to Work Day activities; however continue scrolling down and check out the lineup for this year’s Bike to Work Day on May 12, 2011. Besides helping out at our many Energizer Stations, we’re also looking for volunteers to help out with our Bike Away from Work Bash during the evening of May 12.
So check out the volunteer opportunities and fill out the Volunteering Form below.
Pre-Bike-to-Work-Day Activities
There are a variety of important activities leading up to Bike To Work Day. Some involve stuffing envelopes, filling the canvas bags that we give out on Bike to Work Day, and performing pre-event bike counts at proposed Energizer Station locations. Other activities include creating fliers and materials for the event. See below for more details.
Here is a list of volunteer opportunities leading up to Bike To Work Day:
Bag Stuffers - May 7
Every year we hand out canvas, reusable bags at our Energizer Stations to people who ride their bikes on Bike to Work Day. We include a variety of items in these bags, from energy bars and fruit to information about safe riding and our Bike Away From Work Bash that evening. That’s great, except there's nearly 5,000 of them across the county to stuff.
Join us from 1-5pm on Saturday, May 7 at Sports Basement in Sunnyvale as we stuff goodie bags for all the new and old riders of Bike To Work Day. Get all the details.
Poster Distributors
We need a team to conduct outreach to their own communities and post up fliers for Bike to Work Day in local grocery stores, coffee shops, bike shops and other places with local bulletin boards. Click here to view and request posters.
Bike to Work Day Energizer Station Activities
Here are volunteer opportunities associated with the Energizer Stations on Bike To Work Day morning:
Energizer Station Volunteer
Energizer stations are one of the most essential and visible components of Bike to Work Day. This is where volunteers provide snacks, goodies, and encouragement to passing cyclists on their way to work. We always have lead volunteers who need an extra hand to help them setup, giveway goodies, and count the passing bicyclists. We expect to have nearly 90 energizer stations all throughout Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties.
Please complete the volunteering form below if you would like to help out with this rewarding and exciting activity. In the comments section, please indicate the cities where you would be most interested in volunteering.
Videographers
We need a person to shoot footage of this event so that we can slice a video together later and use it for next year. We’re looking for film of both busy Energizer Stations as well as coverage of our press conferences in the morning and our Bike Away From Work Bash that evening after work. Please fill in the volunteering form below to request an assignment and write in your shift preference in the field reserved for comments.
Photographers
We need a photographer to take pictures of this event. We’re looking for photos of both busy Energizer Stations as well as coverage of our press conferences in the morning and our Bike Away From Work Bash that evening after work. Please fill in the volunteering form below to request an assignment and write in your shift preference in the field reserved for comments.
Bike Away from Work Bash Activities
Here are some Volunteer Opportunities associated with the Bike Away From Work Bash:
Set-Up
While most of the chairs and tables will be set up beforehand, we’ll need some extra hands to hang up signs and banners, set up bike parking, and help out various other activities as they come up.
Greeters
Somebody to stand outside the party, congratulate and wave people into the party.
Bike Parking Attendants
This will be a short but sweet job. We’re providing bike parking for our party goers, and we’re looking for some careful volunteers to watch the bikes. Shifts are a short 30 minutes long, so that everybody has time to enjoy the party.
Sign-In Table
These volunteers help members check in to the party. A mandatory training is required for this position, so if you’re quick, detail-oriented, and have a little bit of time to spare, you can help us out with the check process. Shifts are an hour, but you’re right there in the party.
Clean-Up
While most of the tables will be taken care of, we need some hardy volunteers to take apart the bike racks and other materials, and more importantly, help us take the racks and materials back up to our office right afterwards.